The push to set up energy certification programs in Asia is part of a bigger global move for Google to power its data centers using renewable energy. Google’s long term plan is to use renewable energy to provide power to all its operations across the world. In December it was announced that Google had completed deals to purchase output from power plants in Sweden, Chile and U.S., giving it contracts for 2 gigawatts of global renewable energy. The amount of funding provided for the certificate programs was not revealed.